New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

A law unto herself LUCY’S A REBEL WITH A CAUSE

It would be understandable if Lucy Lawless was suffering from a dose of empty nest syndrome right now. Motherhood has been central to her life since she was just 20 years old and gave birth to daughter Daisy. But now Daisy and her two younger brothers Julius and Judah have left home to forge their own lives.

“My kids don’t need me any more,” says Lucy, 53.

While this has been an adjustment, it is one she

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